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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[April, 



We know it to be found on the Atlantic coast as far north as Wind- 

 sor, Connecticut. Thompson's Mills, Georgia, is the only previous 

 definite record for the southeastern United States. The species is 

 both dendrophilous and thamnophilous, appearing usually in greatest 

 numbers in shrubs with pithy branches, in which the females deposit 

 their eggs. 



(Ecanthus angustipennis Fitch. 



North Carolina. 



Raleigh, X, 18, 1905, 1 9 ; XI, 2, 1904, 



(G. M. Bentley), 1 9, [both N. C. 



Dept. Agr. Cln.]. 

 Southern Pines, XI, 1908, (A. H. 



Manee), 2 9, [N. C. Dept. Agr. and 



Hebard Cln.]. 

 Mount Airy, XI, 16, 1904, (G. M. 



Bentley), 19, [N. C. Dept. Agr. 



Cln.]. 

 Saluda, VIII, 17, 1903, (A. P. Morse), 



1 juv. 9 . 

 Balsam, about 4,000 feet, IX, 15-18, 



1908, (Z. P. Metcalf), 19, [N. C. 



State Dept. Agr. Cln.]. 



South Carolina. 



Florence, IX, 6, 1911, (R. & H.; in 

 forest foliage), 1 9 . 



Georgia. 



Pinnacle Peak, Rabun County, VIII, 

 20, 1913, (J. C. Bradley), 1 9 . 



Currahee Mountain, VIII, 5, 1913, 

 (H.; beaten from luxuriant vegeta- 

 tion, vines, oak shoots, etc., in black- 

 jack woods), 1 juv. d 71 . 



Buckhead, VIII, 2, 1913, (R. & H.), 



1 juv. cf. 

 Isle of Hope, IX, 3, 1911, (R. & H.; 



heavy undergrowth of gray-bark 



pine forest), 1 9 . 

 Albany, VIII, 1, 1913, (R. & H.), 



1 juv. 9 . 

 De Witt, VII, 25, 1912, 1 9 , [Ga. 



State Cln.]. 

 Spring Creek, VII, 16-29, 1912, (J. C. 



Bradley), 1 9 . 



Hartford, Connecticut, is the most northern location on the Atlantic 

 coast at which we know the species to occur. Past confusion with 

 other species makes distributional studies from the literature, in 

 almost every case, impossible. The species has been taken and 

 recorded by us from as far south as Lakeland, Florida. It has been 

 correctly recorded in the regions under consideration from Bayville, 

 Virginia; Raleigh and Asheville, North Carolina, and Toccoa and 

 Thompson's Mills, Georgia. Like O. niveus, the species is both den- 

 drophilous and thamnophilous. 



(Ecanthus quadripunctatns Beutenmiiller. 



Virginia. 



Fredericksburg, VII, 20, 1913, (R. & 



H.; occasional, especially juv., in 



weeds in open), 1 d% 19. 

 Cape Henry, VII, 2 and IX, 7, 1903, 



(A. P. Morse), 2 9 . 

 Virginia Beach, VII, 4, 1903, (A. P. 



Morse), 3 d". 

 Appomattox, IX, 6, 1903, (A. P. 



Morse), 19,3 juv. 9. 

 Wvtheville, IX, 5, 1903, (A. P. Morse), 



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North Carolina. 



Weldon, VII, 24, 1913, (R. & H.), 1 tf 1 . 

 Tarboro, VII, 7, 1903, (A. P. Morse), 



3 tf,29. 

 Raleigh, VII, 9, 1903, (A. P. Morse), 



1 <?, 5 9. 

 Goldsboro, VII, 25, 1913, (R. & H.), 



1 o". 

 Jefferson, IX, 1912, (F. Sherman), 



1 9 , [N. C. State Dept. Agr.]. 

 Morgan ton, VII, 12, 1903, (A. P. 



Morse), 3 d", 2 9. 



